The WVC Agriculture Department, in striving to provide numerouseducational experiences for students and community membersalike, has created 13 raised garden beds on the Wenatcheecampus. This learning and demonstration garden is used to host workshops, field trips and as a place for students to conduct research.

Overview

Within the sustainable agriculture and resource systems program, WVC offers a non-transfer associate of technical science (ATS) in several pathways and associate in applied science-transfer (AAS-T)** degrees in sustainable and organic agriculture, horticulture and tree fruit production, general agriculture and agritechnologies. Interested students should work closely with agriculture advisers in order to plan their studies to reach their individual goals in an expeditious manner.

WVC has articulations with the Washington State University College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resources Sciences (CAHNRS) that allows WVC students to transfer to WSU with an AAS-T** in sustainable and organic agriculture, horticulture and tree fruit production, general agriculture, or agritechnologies.

The bilingual agricultural employee education offers several certificate programs to increase the professional abilities of agricultural employees and their contributions to the operations of their respective employment settings. The programs are taught in Spanish, but all students should have basic English conversational skills and some ability to read and write in Spanish when entering these programs. Each program includes applied English, mathematics and computer applications instruction and a civics component which covers everyday life situations. Beginning and Advanced HOEEP (Hispanic Orchard Employee Education Program) focus on basic horticulture. HOEEP III Integrated Pest Management Technician: prepares students as pest management scouts and assistants for apple, pear and cherry IPM projects. HOEEP IVFarm Management: introduces the principles and practices of farm management; HOEEP V Introduction to Viticulture: introduces students to the production and management of juice and wine grapes and vineyard financial management; HOEEP VI Advanced Viticulture: builds on the introductory class focusing on a production system approach. HOEEP VII Integrated Pest Management Technician and Vineyard Management: prepares Latino vineyard employees as pest management scouts and introduces them to basic vineyard economics and management.